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The Kindergarten Personal Record Book makes measurement fun & active! Kids record their vital statistics from head to toe using unusual tools like paper clips.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Give your child some practice with even numbers, while creating a cute Christmas keepsake. Create this skip counting book.

Teach your child about jesters as she makes her very own jester hat.

Does your second grader want to learn a magic trick? Here is a simple trick using only 3 dice and a little bit of addition and subtraction.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

Making decorative pottery is a great way to experiment with making patterns and texture on a traditionally smooth surface.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

These bean bag games are a fun and inexpensive way to keep your first grader learning! Work on social skills, coordination, math, or even spelling!

Build this game, and give your kid some hands-on practice ordering numbers. Soon your first grade kid will be Master of the number line!

This flannel board will give your child hands-on practice with math, but in a fun format, full of ladybugs.

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

Do this fun activity that uses stickers to help your kindergartener with counting, basic addition, and one-to-one correspondence.

Using nothing fancier than old milk cartons and popsicle sticks, create a village full of fun learning for your kindergarten math student.

Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!

Instead of drilling facts, grab sidewalk chalk and head outside for a rousing game of this Math Run game. Play the Math Run game with your child.

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

A hands-on guessing game that teaches kids to recognize different coins. First graders will learn their money and their math at the same time!

Put your kid in charge of her own survey! She'll poll her relatives and friends, collect information, and then create a colorful chart to display her findings.

Counting with one-to-one correspondence is an important kindergarten math skill. This simple activity turns it into a play-anywhere game.

Sorting objects by size, color, shape, or function is an important concept in kindergarten math, and it's the perfect excuse for a little housekeeping!

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

Kindergarten algebra is a lot different than high school. In kindergarten math, algebra means grouping like things, or noticing what doesn't belong in a set.

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.